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Leaky gut diet

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Leaky gut syndrome is usually caused by leakage of toxins from intestinal walls. The impurities and toxins move into the blood stream which is fatal for the human health. The food we eat has a lot to do with leaky gut situation. Dieticians recommend Leaky Gut Diet to the patients suffering from the particular condition.

Leaky Gut Diet

The diet ensures that a person eats those foods which help in curing leaky gut syndrome. You need to cut few foods and add some foods to your daily diet. There is no time limit to continue the diet. You may end the diet when your body starts functioning normally.

Foods to Avoid

Here is a list of the foods that are instantly attacked by immune system in the condition of leaky gut syndrome.

  • Strawberry
  • Orange
  • Banana
  • Kiwi
  • Pineapple
  • Papaya
  • Grapefruit
  • Corn
  • Pepper
  • Tomato
  • Eggplant
  • Potato
  • Soy
  • Flour
  • Barley
  • Milk
  • Wheat
  • Rye
  • Peanut
  • Chocolate
  • Oats
  • Honey
  • Beans
  • Vanilla
  • Mushroom
  • Vinegar

You must have noticed that most of the foods to avoid are starchy and acidic. Make sure you eliminate these foods from your shopping list.

Foods to Include

All you have to do is to make few exchanges for the above mentioned fruits and veggies.

  • Beets
  • Apple
  • Avocado
  • Pear
  • Onion
  • Apricot
  • Carrot
  • Peach
  • Brussels sprouts
  • Cherry
  • Spinach
  • Nectarine
  • Cherry
  • Coconut milk
  • Pine nut
  • Parsnip
  • Figs
  • Wild rice
  • Grape
  • Bok choy
  • Brown rice
  • Pumpkin seeds
  • Sprouts
  • Cilantro
  • Kale
  • Sunflower seeds

You must stick with the above mentioned vegetables and fruits for one month minimum. In the second month, you are allowed to add fish, poultry and meat. You may slowly start adding the “foods to avoid” after second month of this diet. The trick is to add one food at a time. For example, if you add fish to your diet then wait for 5 days to add another food.

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